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Dec. 13, 2013

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Going back to the 1970s, north central Ohio has always had elite girls basketball teams in its midst.

St. Peter's, Buckeye Central and Malabar set the tone in the early days of the sport. In the 1980s and '90s, Shelby emerged along with Clear Fork, Loudonville and Colonel Crawford, while BC and St. Peter's continued churning them out.

It peaked in 2003 when Mansfield Senior, Lexington, Wynford and St. Peter's all made runs to the Final Four. ...